Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

ते तु मां मुनयोत्रैव प्रमुच्याश्रमसन्निधौ । स्नानार्थं विविशुः सर्वे ह्रदेऽत्रैव सुशोभने

Transliteration

te tu māṃ munayotraiva pramucyāśramasannidhau | snānārthaṃ viviśuḥ sarve hrade'traiva suśobhane

Translation

എന്നാൽ ആ മുനിമാർ എന്നെ അവിടെയേ ആശ്രമസന്നിധിയിൽ വിട്ടിട്ട്, സ്നാനാർത്ഥമായി ഇവിടെ തന്നെയുള്ള അതി ശോഭനമായ ഹ്രദത്തിൽ എല്ലാവരും പ്രവേശിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; apposition to ते

• उत्र: there
• उत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• प्रमुच्य: having released (me)
• प्रमुच्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having released/letting go'

• आश्रमसन्निधौ: near the hermitage
• आश्रमसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम-सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक); आश्रम + सन्निधि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'in the vicinity of the hermitage'

• स्नानार्थम्: for bathing
• स्नानार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक); स्नान + अर्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक तत्पुरुष: 'for the purpose of bathing'

• विविशुः: entered
• विविशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of मुनयः/ते)

• ह्रदे: in the lake
• ह्रदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• सुशोभने: in the very beautiful (one)
• सुशोभने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शोभन (प्रातिपदिक); सु + शोभन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'very beautiful' (qualifying ह्रदे)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, leaving the protagonist near the hermitage, enter a shining, beautiful lake together for ritual bathing; the āśrama sits close by amid trees and calm waters.

Characters & Entities

• muni (sages)
• āśrama (hermitage)
• hrada (sacred lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with sages naturally leads to tīrtha-practices like snāna, emphasizing purification through sacred place and holy company.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A beautiful hrada (sacred lake/pond) beside an āśrama in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the proper name is likely provided in adjacent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha-hrada is explicitly mentioned.